VIDEO: Well-Safe Solutions Installs Saturation Diving System on Well-Safe Guardian Rig
onboard will unlock even higher levels of operational efficiency, further minimising our environmental footprint and reducing operational risk on behalf of our clients.Following further systems integration and testing, the Well-Safe Guardian will mobilize in early summer 2023, returning to Repsol Sinopec Resources UK's Buchan field to plug and abandon nine wells using the saturation dive system, the Trident well intervention system, and the blow out preventer.UK-based RockSalt Subsea will support Well-Safe Solutions with diving services and personnel during all saturated diving operations
USVs Eye Offshore Wind Opportunities
InspectionsBrazilian startup Tidewise has been making in-roads into USV-based operations. Co-founded in 2019, by a naval architect and a robotics specialist, it launched its first USV, the 4.95 m Tupan, the same year.It initially developed a UAV-hosting capability, primarily for oil spill detection, for Repsol Sinopec. But this year, for Belgium’s Elia, it demonstrated visual inspection capability for offshore wind substations, alongside mulitibeam data collection, to assess the subsea cables, and lidar, to create a point cloud of the structure.In Tidewise’s sights is foundation and turbine
Edward Heerema – Dutch Courage with Single-minded Focus
system takes care of the rest. Her workability has been great and she has never disappointed us.”Of course, the first big lift, Brent Delta in 2017, was a heart-stopping moment. “That was the first really big job,” says Edward. “The first job, the Yme removal (13,500 tons) for Repsol in 2016, was very special. We were all really nervous that the system wouldn’t work. Rationally, we couldn’t question at all that it would work, because it had been tested and tested and simulated and simulated. But still, I remember very well being there on board and the button was pressed
Ørsted, Repsol Eye Floating Wind Turbine Deployment Offshore Spain
Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted and Spanish oil company Repsol have partnered up to explore joint deployment of floating wind turbines offshore Spain."After several years of concept development and small-scale testing, floating offshore wind is now on the brink of commercialization, and the global floating offshore wind market is expected to reach 21 GW of installed capacity by 2035, according to estimates from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Spain targets 3 GW floating offshore wind by 2030, and the Spanish supply chain is well-prepared to enter floating offshore wind on the back of
Peru Oil Spill Declared an Environmental Emergency
the most worrying ecological disaster on the Peruvian coast in recent times.""We cannot shy away from responsibilities, it is about assuming them, in this case the company that caused this ecological disaster," he added.A spokeswoman for La Pampilla refinery, owned by Spanish energy firm Repsol, has said the firm was not responsible for the spill and blamed the Peruvian Navy for not issuing a tsunami warning after the Tonga eruption.Unlike other Pacific countries, Peruvian authorities warned of unusual waves only after the eruption.Environment Minister Ruben Ramirez has said that some 6
OE’s 2021 Top of the Festive YouTube Video Pops
into the offshore renewable energy-powered marine future.Forum Energy Technologies joins in this year. While it’s a quality animation, the message? No one bothered to put any Christmas dec’s up at FET HQ, so a Christmas fairy had to do it! Still, the fairy at least did a decent job…Repsol has gone for a John Lewis/Marks & Spencer style feel-good advert that has nothing to do with its product/services, on the face of it, this year. A chap humming a Christmas tune sparks a spontaneous Christmas singalong in a shopping hub. Warming stuff.Few are worthy of much more comment &ndash
Floating Dreams: Portugal Bets on Offshore Wind, Solar Farms
yellow floating structures, are anchored with chains to the bottom of the Atlantic."It is one of the largest offshore floating wind farms in the world," said Jose Pinheiro, project director of WindFloat Atlantic, a consortium which includes France's Engie, Portugal's EDP Renovaveis, Repsol and Principle Power.Pinheiro sees it as a game-changer, not only for Portugal but for the world.Installing turbines in deep sea, where winds are strong, allows it to harness more energy than the conventional structures onshore.Eventually, it will make electricity cheaper and Portugal less dependent
Robotics: Autobots Transform in the Offshore Energy Sector
;s Robotics Laboratory, a drone from the University of Bristol, an electronic skin developed by a tech start-up, Wootzano, to ‘feel’ surfaces. Others are working on systems to deploy these systems and human-machine interfaces.A similar USV-drone pairing is being developed in Brazil by Repsol, the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and USV firm Tidewise for oil spill detection. Their ARIEL project involves a USV deploying a drone (both with oil spill detectors; camera and thermal on the drone and fluorometer on the USV) to find and track oil spills.These are just a few examples.
New Report Outlines Big Potential for Offshore Wind
still in early stages of planning and development.With a pipeline of activity so large, there’s plenty of work to be had by existing players and new entrants alike. We’ve already seen a number of traditional offshore oil and gas players—from operators such as Shell, Total, Equinor and Repsol, all the way down the supply chain—transfer their skillset into the offshore wind market over the years. For these firms and others, including traditional offshore oil and gas players such as yards for jacket and HVDC substation fabrication, as well as for construction and assembly of floating
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